http://www.unionofyouth.org Bringing Power & Voice to Northfield Area Youth Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:17:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Key's Writing Workshop program, guided by program instructor Olivia Frey, recently went on a field trip to Chicago's Columbia College to view Jack Kerouac's original manuscript scroll of On the Road. On the Road was written in 1951 and published in 1957 and is largely based on the ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/keys-writing-workshop-goes-on-the-road The Northfield Skateboard Coalition and the Northfield News are teaming up for a city-wide contest that is available to anyone who enters. The competition is simple: find 6 of the painted skateboards by November 20 and you can enter to win a drawing for $50 in Northfield Chamber bucks. ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/find-the-skateboards-and-win-50 The lost art of silk screen has made its way back to The Key. This Art Project was done on an almost monthly basis years ago, but has hidden by the wayside as of late. Glad to see it is back. If it wasn't for Art Projects ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/silk-screening-t-shirts-at-the-key The Northfield Skateboard Coalition took one of its monthly field trips to Faribault's Renegade park on Sunday the 9th. Free field trips are now being offered to skaters who attend 3 out the 4 weekly Coalition meetings (which are Wednesday at 5:00pm). About 8 youth attended the free ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/skateboard-coalition-takes-field-trip-to-renegade The Northfield Union of Youth and the Mayor's Youth Council participated in a joint presentation/session entitled "Ensuring Youth Voice in Civic Affairs" for the Search Institute's 12 annual Healthy Communities / Healthy Youth Conference. The conference was a three day event and the two Northfield organizations presented during an ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/key-participates-in-12th-annual-healthy-communitieshealthy-youth-conference Every Saturday at 7pm, the Key hosts Hip-Hop Night. Each week we will focus on a different aspect of Hip-Hop (MC'ing, DJ'ing, Break Dancing, Graff Writing, Beat Boxing, etc). This week is the official kick-off of Hip-Hop night, and we are hosting a rap battle! Anyone, and I mean ANYONE may ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/hip-hop-night The Northfield Union of Youth, as part of their VOTE YOUTH campaign, recently took part in city council and mayoral debates at the Contented Cow. Members of the Key wrote most of the debate questions, attended the debates, and even moderated the event. A big thanks to Ruth ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/keycow-debate-photos The Key's Art Project celebrated the Hall-o-Ween buildup by making jack-o-lanterns. This is a 10 year tradition at The Key and this year we had no puking pumpkins. What a relief. http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/jack-o-lanterns-at-the-key Somehow, through the series of magic tubes that make up the world wide interweb, Dan "The Man" Zenner has not only obtained a podcast site for the KeYMN radio program, but you can subscribe to it in the iTunes store-- FOR FREE! Just search "keymn" when you are perusing the iTunes ... http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/we-are-now-available-in-itunes upcoming-training First Aid Basics Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:00-6:30 p.m. Northfield Middle School – Room 154 (2200 Division Street South, Northfield) Dinner will be served. Mandated Reporting & Identifying/Responding to Child Abuse Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:30-7:00 p.m. Northfield Middle School – Room 154 (2200 Division Street South, Northfield) Dinner will be served. http://www.unionofyouth.org/archive/valuable-trainings-coming-up-for-staff-and-others